34 THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



practice the bud would have been taken and the two 

 shoots below it pinched out before they had made so 

 much growth, but this particular plant was permitted 

 to grow to an advanced stage to better illustrate all 

 that pertains to the crown bud. All crown buds look 

 alike and are alike in this respect, they are single buds 

 surrounded with bracts or partially developed leaves. 

 Just below the bud illustrated two shoots appear, 

 which, as before explained, would be pinched out if 

 the bud were to be taken. Should the grower fail to 

 take this bud or should it show deformity or have been 

 injured in any way by insects, it can be removed and 

 another shoot selected to continue the growth of the 

 plant. As a general rule, the second shoot below the 

 bud is the stronger and better placed, as is seen in the 

 illustration, the shoot on the left side of the crown 

 bud being obviously the better of the two to retain 

 for" continued growth. 



The bud formed by this shoot is called the 

 "terminal bud/' and is all that the name implies, be- 

 cause it is the culmination of the plant's effort for the 

 year, the final bud produced. Here, instead of one 

 bud, with embryo shoots at its base, there is a cluster 

 of buds, one central and a little larger than the rest, 

 with several others immediately surrounding or just 

 below it. If large flowers be desired it now becomes 

 necessary to take the terminal bud, by rubbing out all 

 except the central one as soon as it can be safely done 

 without injury to the bud that is to remain, or if 

 there be evidence of injury to the leading bud, then it 

 should be removed and the best one of those surround- 

 ing it retained. These points are plainly illustrated 

 in Figs. 9 and 10, and the grower cannot go astray on 

 buds if he keep these facts in mind. A crown bud, 

 no matter at what date it appears, is a single bud with 



